June 15
1891: Ormonde Club, Walworth, London, England. Alf Gunning D 25 Ted Gamble. Catchweight contest.
1903: Ginnett’s Circus, Newcastle, England. Billed for world welterweight 140lbs title. Spike Sullivan D 20 Jack Nelson.
1914: Butte Montana. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Jack Dillon W 12 Bob Moha. Retains title.
1937: Curtis Cokes born in Dallas, Texas.
1957: San Francisco, California. NBA World Bantamweight Championship. Raul Macias KO 11 Dommy Ursua. Retains title.
1960: San Francisco, California. World Light-Welterweight Championship. Carlos Ortiz W 15 Duilio Loi. Retains title.
1963: Manila, Philippines. World Light-Welterweight Championship. Eddie Perkins W 15 Roberto Cruz. Wins title.
1967: Cardiff, Wales. World Featherweight Championship. Vicente Saldivar W 15 Howard Winstone. Retains title.
1967: Tokyo, Japan. Wins World Junior-Lightweight Championship. Yoshiaki Numata W 15 Flash Elorde, Tokyo. Wins title.
1977: Tokyo, Japan. WBC Flyweight Championship. Miguel Canto W 15 Kimio Furesawa. Retains title.
1983: Los Angeles, Californita. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Jaime Garza KO 2 Bobby Berna. Wins title.
1984: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Light-Middleweight Championship. Thomas “Hitman” Hearns KO 2 Roberto Duran. Retains title.
1985: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Heavyweight Championship. Pinklon Thomas KO 8 Mike Weaver. Retains title.
1991: Seoul, S. Korea. WBA Featherweight Championship. Yung Kyun Park KO 6 Masuaki Takeda. Retains title.
1991: San Antonio, TX. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Welcome Ncita W 12 Hurley Snead. Retains title.
1991: San Antonio, TX. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Robert Quiroga W 12 Akeem Anifowoshe. Retains title.
1991: Sassari, Italy. WBO World Featherweight Championship. Maurizio Stecca W 12 Fernando Ramos. Retains title.
1991: South Korea. WBA World featherweight Championship. Young-Kyun Park KO 6 Masuaki Takeda. Retains title.
1992: Osaka, Japan. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Hiroki Ioka W 12 Bong Jun Kim. Retains title.
1996: Jacksonville, FL. IBF Super Middleweight Championship. Roy Jones Jr. KO 11 Eric Lucas. Retains title.
1996: Sendai, Japan. WBA Strawweight Championship. Rosendo Alvarez W 12 Eric Chavez. Retains title.
June 16
1887: Paradise Street School of Arms, Lambeth, London, England. 128 pounds (Lightweight) English Championship. Sam Blakelock W 12 Rueben Baxter. Wins title.
1891: Granite Club, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. Paddy Slavin KO 9 Jake Kilrain.
1891: Pelican Club Gym, Soho, London, England. Billed as for the 134 pounds (Lightweight) World Championship. Austin Gibbons KO 4 Jim Verrall. Wins Title.
1896: West Newton Street Armoury, Boston, Boston, USA. (126lbs) World Featherweight Championship. George Dixon drew 20 Martin Flaherty. Retains title.
1899: Broadway AC, Manhattan, NYC, New York, USA. Tim Kearns KO 22 Eddie Connolly.
1919: Philadelphia, PA. Benny Leonard ND 10 Johnny Dundee.
1932: New York City, NY.Lou Ambers makes his pro debut. Lou Ambers KO 2 Frankie Curry. .
1940: Philadelphia, PA. World Bantamweight Championship. Lou Salica W 15 Tommy Forte, Philadelphia. Retained title.
1949: Detroit , MI. World Middleweight Championship. Jake LaMotta KO 10 Marcel Cerdan, Wins title.
1951: Cebu, Philippines. Flash Elorde makes pro debut. Flash Elorde KO 4 Kid Gonzaga.
1951: Roberto Duran born in Panama City, Panama.
1954: Matthew Saad Muhammad born Maxwell Antonio Loach in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1979: Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WBA Lightweight Championship. Ernesto Espana KO 13 Claude Noel. Wins title.
1979: Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Wilfredo Gomez KO 5 Jesus Hernandez. Retains title.
1983: New York City, NY. WBA Light-Middleweight Championship. Roberto Duran KO 8 Davey Moore. Wins title.
1989: Milan, Italy. WBO World Featherweight Championship. Maurizio Stecca w rsc 9 Angel Mayor. Retains title.
1995: Lyon, France. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Fabrice Tiozzo W 12 Mike McCallum. Wins title.
1995: Lyon, France. WBA Light-Middleweight Championship. Carl Daniels W 12 Julio Cesar Green. Wins title.
1995: Lyon, France. WBA Light-Welterweight Championship. Frankie Randall W 12 Jose Barboza. Retains title.
2000: Seoul, South Korea. WBC Junior Flyweight Championship. Yosam Choi KO 5 Chart Kiatpetch. Retains title.
2001: Hermosillo, Mexico. WBC Lightweight Championship. Jose Luis Castillo KO 1 Sungho Yuh. Retains title.
2001: Cincinnati, OH. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Tim Austin KO 6 Steve Dotse. Retains title.
2001: Cincinnati, OH. IBF Super Flyweight Championship. Felix Machado W 12 Mauricio Pastrana. Retains title.
2001: Kiss Stadium, Budapest, Hungary. WBO World lightweight Championship. Artur Grigorian W 12 Aldo Rios. Retains title.
2001: Kiss Stadium, Budapest, Hungary. WBO World Featherweight Championship. Julio Pablo Chacon KO 6 Istvan Kovacs. Wins title.
2007: Uncasville, Connecticut. IBF Super Lightweight Championship. Paulie Malinaggi W 12 Lovemore N’dou. Wins title.
2007: Budapest, Hungary . WBO World Light Heavyweight Championship. Zsolt Erdei KO11 George Blades. Retains title.
June 17
1881: Tommy Burns born Noah Brusso in Chesley, Ontario, Canada.
1887: Long Island Sound, New York. Billed as for 136lbs (Lightweight) World Championship Jem Carney KO 11 Jimmy Mitchell. Won title.
1894: Boston, MA. Joe Choynski Drew 5 Bob Fitzsimmons. (Some sources have this as a 5th round stoppage win for Fitzsimmons. This fight was stopped by the Police in the 5th round and the result was controversial.
1912: The Auditorium, Winnipeg, Canada Jack Dillon W12 George “KO” Brown.
1926: Philadelphia, PA. Tommy Loughran W 10 Georges Carpentier.
1937: Luis Manuel Rodriguez born in Camaguey, Cuba.
1938: Baltimore, Maryland. Maryland World Featherweight Championship. Leo Rodak W 15 Jackie Wilson. Wins title.
1954: Bronx, NY. World Heavyweight Championship.Rocky Marciano W 15 Ezzard Charles. Retains title.
1963: Baltimore, Maryland. World Light-Middleweight Championship Ralph Dupas W 15 Denny Moyer. Retains title.
1967: Terry Norris born in Lubbock, Texas.
1972: Paris, France. World Middleweight Championship. Carlos Monzon KO 13 Jean-Claude Bouttier, Paris. Retains title.
1972: Panama City, Panama. World Super Lightweight Championship. Alfonzo “Peppermint” Frazer KO 5 Al Ford. Retains title.
1977: Madrid, Spain. WBC Light-Welterweight Championship. Saensak Muangsurin W 15 Perico Fernandez. Retains title.
1978: Belgrade, Serbia. Belgrade Championship. Mate Parlov W 15 John Conteh, Belgrade. Retains title.
1978: Vivian Harris born in Georgetown, Guyana.
1979: San Antonio, TX. WBC Featherweight Championship. Danny “Little Red” Lopez KO 15 Mike Ayala. Retains title.
1987: Roman Gonzalez born Román Alberto González Luna in Barrio La Esperanza, Managua, Nicaragua.
1995: Las Vegas, NV. Riddick “Big Daddy” Bowe KO 6 Jorge Luis Gonzalez.
1995: New Orleans, Louisiana. WBO World Junior-Lightweight Championship. Regilio Tuur KO 5 Pete Taliaferro. Retains title.
2000: Los Angeles, CA. WBC Welterweight Championship. Sugar Shane Mosley W 12 Oscar De La Hoya. Wins title..
2000: Bell Gardens, CA. WBC Lightweight Championship. Jose Luis Castillo W 12 Steve Johnston. Wins title.
2000: Los Angeles, CA. IBF Junior-Lightweight Championship. Diego Corrales KO 10 Justin Juuko. Retains title.
2005: Milan, Italy. IBF Lightweight Championship. Leavander Johnson KO 7 Stefano Zoff. Wins title.
2006: Memphis, Tennessee. World Middleweight Championship. Jermain Taylor Draw 12 Winky Wright. Retains title.
June 18
1891-06-18 West End London: Billed as for English and World 90lbs titles Harry Munro KO 9 Bill Stanley. Retained titles.
1923: New York City, NY. World Flyweight Championship. Pancho Villa KO 7 Jimmy Wilde, NYC. Wins title.
1929: Long Island City, NY. World Bantamweight Championship. Panama Al Brown W 15 Gregorio Vidal. Wins title.
1934: Manchester, England. NBA Flyweight Championship. Jackie Brown D 15 Valentin Angelmann. Retains title.
1941: New York City, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Joe Louis KO 13 Billy Conn. Retains title.
1958: Miami Beach, Florida. Yama Bahama W 10 Kid Gavilan. Gavilan retires after this fight.
1963: London, England. Cassius Clay KO 5 Henry Cooper.
1965: Milan, Italy. World Light-Middleweight Championship. Nino Benvenuti KO 6 Sandro Mazzinghi. Wins title.
1976: Berlin, W. Germany. WBC Light-Middleweight Championship. Eckhard Dagge KO 10 Elisha Obed. Wins title.
1977: Rome, Italy. WBA Light Heavyweight Championship. Victor Galindez W 15 Richie Kates, Rome. Retains title.
1989: Lake Tahoe, Nevada. IBF Junior-Lightweight Championship.Tony Lopez KO 8 Tyrone Jackson. Retains title.
2005: Memphis, Tennessee. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Antonio Tarver W 12 Glen Johnson. Regains title.
2008: Phuket, Thailand. WBC Strawweight Championship. Oleydong Sithsamerchai KO 9 Junichi Ebisuoka. Retains title.
June 19
1893: NSC, Convent Garden, London. Billed as for English Bantamweight (118lbs) Championship. Dave Wallace WKO 5 Mike McGough. Won title.
1909: Colma, CA. World Bantamweight Championship. Monte Attell KO 18 Frankie Neil. Wins title.
1936: New York City, NY. Max Schmeling KO 12 Joe Louis.
1942: Baltimore, Maryland. World Featherweight Championship. Albert “Chalky” Wright KO 10 Harry Jeffra. Retains title.
1943: Glasgow, Scotland. World Flyweight Championship. Jackie Peterson KO 1 Peter Kane. Wins title.
1946: New York City, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Joe Louis KO 8 Billy Conn. Retains title.
1957: Denver, CO. World Lightweight Championship. Joe “Old Bones” Brown KO 15 Orlando Zulueta. Retains title.
1966: Khalid Rahilou born in Morocco.
1973: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Junior-Lightweight Championship. Kuniaki Shibata W 15 Victor Echegaray. Retains title.
1976: Inglewood, CA. WBA Featherweight Championship. Alexis Arguello KO 3 Salvatore Torres, Inglewood. Retains title.
1992: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Heavyweight Championship. Evander “Real Deal” Holyfield W 12 Larry Holmes. Retains title.
1993: San Diego, CA. WBC Light-Middleweight Championship. “Terrible” Terry Norris KO 3 Troy Waters. Retains title.
1993: San Diego, CA. IBF Welterweight Championship. Felix “Tito” Trinidad KO 2 Maurice Blocker. Wins title.
1993: Houston, TX. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Orlando Canizales NC 3 Derrick Whiteboy. Retains title.
2004: Glasgow, Scotland. WBO World Featherweight Championship. Scott Harrison KO3 William Abelyan. Retains title.
2010: San Juan Del Rio, Mexico. WBC World Light Flyweight Omar Nino W 12 Rodel Mayol. Retains title.
June 20
1902: Los Angeles, CA. Jack Johnson Draw 20 Hank Griffin.
1924: Brooklyn, NY. World Junior-Lightweight Championship. Steve “Kid” Sullivan W 10 Johnny Dundee. Wins title.
1940: Bronx, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Joe Louis KO 8 Arturo Godoy. Retains title.
1942: London, England. Commonwealth & British Light Heavyweight Championships. Freddie Mills KO 2 Len Harvey. Wins title.
1960: New York City, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Floyd Patterson KO 5 Ingemar Johansson. Regains title.
1966: Pittsburgh, PA. World Lightweight Championship. Carlos Ortiz KO 12 Johnny Bizarro. Retains title.
1972: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Flyweight Championship. Masao Ohba KO 5 Orland Amores. Retains title.
1972: Kirk Johnson born in North Preston, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1974: Bebis Mendoza born in Rio Cedro, Colombia.
1975: Inglewood, CA. WBC Featherweight Championship. Ruben Olivares KO 2 Bobby Chacon. Wins title.
1979: Yokaichi, Japan. WBA Light-Middleweight Championship. Masashi Kudo KO 12 Manuel R. Gonzalez. Retains title.
1980: Montreal, Canada. World Welterweight Championship. Roberto Duran W 15 Sugar Ray Leonard, Montreal. Wins title.
1981: London, England. WBC Lightweight Championship. Alexis Arguello W 15 Jim Watt. Wins title.
1996: Milan, Italy. WBO World Light-Welterweight Championship. Giovanni Parisi Drew 12 Carlos Gonzalez. Retains title.
June 21
1902: NSC, Convent Garden, London. Billed as for World Lightweight Championship (134 pounds) Jabez White W15 Spike Sullivan.
1904: Ginnett’s Circus, Newcastle. (124lbs) Spike Robson KO 20 Cockney Cohen. Robson claimed English Featherweight (124 pounds) Championship.
1915: Boston, MA. World Welterweight Championship. Jack Britton W 12 Mike Glover. Wins title.
1928: Chicago, IL. World Middleweight Championship. Mickey Walker W 10 Ace Hudkins. Retains title.
1928: New York City, NY. World Lightweight Championship. Sammy Mandell W 15 Jimmy McLarnin. Retains title.
1932: Long Island, NY. World Heavyweight Championship. Jack Sharkey W 15 Max Schmeling. Wins title.
1940: Portland, ME. World Welterweight Championship. Henry Armstrong KO 3 Paul Junio. Retains title.
1949: Chicago, IL. World Heavyweight Championship. Ezzard Charles W 15 Jersey Joe Walcott. Wins title.
1955: New York City, NY. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Archie Moore KO 3 Carl “Bobo” Olson. Retains title.
1976: Celestino Caballero born in Colon, Panama.
1980: Las Vegas, NV. WBC Featherweight Championship. Salvador Sanchez KO 14 Danny “Little Red” Lopez, Las Vegas. Retains title.
1997: Tampa, FL. IBF Cruiserweight Championship. Uriah Grant W 12 Adolpho Washington. Wins title.
1997: Tampa, FL. IBF Super Middleweight Championship. Charles Brewer KO 5 Gary Ballard. Wins title.
1997: Tampa, FL. WBA Bantamweight Championship. Nana Konadu KO 7 Daorung C. Siriwat. Regains title.
2003: Los Angeles, CA. World Heavyweight Championship. Lennox Lewis KO 6 Vitali Klitschko. Retains title.
2008: Hollywood, FL. WBO World Middleweight Championship. Arthur Abraham KO 4 Edison Miranda. Retains title.
2008: Copenhagen, Denmark. WBA Super Middleweight Championship. Mikkel Kessler KO 12 Dimitri Sartison. Wins title.
2008: Memphis, TN. WBC Welterweight Championship. Andre Berto KO 7 Miguel Angel Rodriguez. Wins title.
2014: Carson, California WBO World featherweight Championship. Vasyl Lomachenko W 12 Gary Russell Jr. Wins title.
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